New Year

Is January already half over? Whoa! Here are a few of my resolutions for 2012:

-exercise more

-play with my kids MORE

-read a book a month

-tithe 10% to my church

-home improvements: *paint master bedroom/bath, *new carpet for Maecyn's room, *get rid of popcorn ceilings, *landscape

-not be so hard on myself!

-go to Prescott (or any other place in AZ I haven't been)

-scrapbook WAY MORE!

-go back to school

-keep my house clean and organized (ok, maybe that's stretching it!)

It's been over a month since I've posted, so I'll just give you a condensed version of what's been going on with us.

My mom and step dad were here for the Holidays and we had a blast with them, as always. We did lots of shopping and home improvement projects, ate out, celebrated Christmas and New Years, and the kids got spoiled big time! There are so many new toys it's actually ridiculous. There will be a clean-out-the-clutter session coming soon.

My step dad took Zander and Jon to the aviation museum when he was here and Z LOVED it. He got to go inside a jet and said it was "tight" (as in a small space) and now refers to airplanes as "tight". Funny stuff! He also had his first ride in a convertible that day. My mom, Maecyn, and I shopped for 9 hours that day- what we do best!

We celebrated Maecyn's first birthday on December 31st with close friends and family. She thoroughly enjoyed her raspberry cupcake from Sweet Daddy's. I especially loved the outfit she wore- we'll definitely be finding another reason to wear it! I took her for her one year check up and...

-17.4 pounds (3rd percentile. She is only in the 2nd percentile for her height. Petite baby!)

-size 9 months clothes (can wear 3-6 month bottoms though), size 2 shoes, size 3 diapers

-still loves to eat and isn't picky. Loves waffles, banana bread, eggs, blueberries, and pasta

-starting to crawl "normal", and can pull herself up on the furniture

-playing with toys a ton more! 

-enjoys when her brother pushes her around in her walker in the house. They just laugh and laugh. so cute!

-likes to be outside, but tries to eat rocks!

-pulls herself up to stand in her crib

-likes to clap

Zander is such a lil monster. He has learned to crawl out of his crib, so I see a new bed in the future. We even tried putting the mattress on the floor of the crib and he somehow squeezed out between the mattress and crib and ended up in our bed at 5am this morning. Kinda creepy!

Zander at 26 months:

-24 months/2T clothes, size 7 shoes, size 5 diapers

-will do anything to be outside, and likes to be bare feet, even on our rocks

-enjoys his new slide

-likes to "drive" the car. He'll sit in the drivers seat for 10 minutes after we pull into the driveway and turn the steering wheel

-new fave movie is Shrek. He wants to watch it 586208 times a day, but I only allow one. I can only take so much, LOL.

-favorite foods: waffles, eggs, Kid's Cliff bars, pouches, veggie chips

We just found out my sister and Jon's best friend's fiancee are both having babies in July. SO excited. My sister Bre is having a boy, and Lacey is having a girl. It will be so fun for my kids to have close cousins to grow up with!

Jon is still coaching baseball and I'm coaching cheer. This usually means we only have one night together at home. Cheerleading will be over in a month, so I am looking forward to a break :)  I am also doing my Body Back bootcamp again (same one I did last spring). It is even better this session and I am doing pretty good at sticking to my meal and exercise plans. 

Here are a few pics from Maecyn's party. I have some many pics I could share, but they are already on our external hard drive. Maybe another day...